Device overview
The Schneider Electric PowerLogic PM5560 (commercial reference METSEPM5560) is a panel-mounted power and energy meter for commercial buildings, industrial panels, data rooms, and larger energy-management projects. It combines Class 0.2S active-energy metering with onboard logging, a front display, dual Ethernet, RS-485, alarms, and harmonic measurements through the 63rd.
This is not a clip-on consumer monitor. It is fixed electrical equipment that belongs in a suitable enclosure and requires correctly selected current transformers, protection, commissioning, and network configuration by qualified personnel.
Core features
- Fully bidirectional, four-quadrant active, reactive, and apparent energy measurement
- True-RMS voltage and current plus power, demand, frequency, power factor, unbalance, and harmonics through the 63rd
- 1.1 MB onboard logging memory, 52 alarms, four digital inputs, and two digital outputs
- Two 10/100 Ethernet ports for daisy-chain networking
- RS-485 serial communication and an onboard web interface
- Local Modbus TCP, Modbus RTU/ASCII, JBUS, BACnet/IP, EtherNet/IP, and model/firmware-dependent DNP3 support
Installation and current sensing
The PM5560 uses a 96 x 96 mm integrated front display and fits a quarter-DIN panel opening. Schneider specifies indoor, stationary, permanently connected installation in an electrical panel. The meter body and terminals need the protection of the surrounding enclosure.
Current is measured through external CTs rather than by routing load current directly through the meter. Phase CT inputs and an optional neutral CT input accept 1 A or 5 A secondary signals. The configurable CT primary range extends from 1 A to 32,767 A. That 32,767 A figure is a scaling and comparison ceiling for the external CT primary; it is not current that can pass through the meter terminals. CT ratio, accuracy, burden, polarity, and installation quality materially affect the finished system.
Phase and voltage support
The setup menu supports single-phase two-wire line-to-neutral or line-to-line, single-phase three-wire line-to-line with neutral, multiple three-phase three-wire delta and wye arrangements, and several three-phase four-wire delta or wye arrangements. Voltage inputs support direct or VT-connected systems within the limits in Schneider's manual.
This topology range matters when comparing meters for mixed portfolios: one model can cover many building services, but the wiring mode, voltage transformers, CT count, and grounding arrangement must be engineered for the actual panel.
Accuracy and measurement scope
With a 5 A CT secondary, active energy is specified as Class 0.2S. With a 1 A CT secondary, the current manual specifies Class 0.5S. Schneider also lists Class 2 reactive energy, Class 0.5 apparent energy, and detailed accuracy classes for power, voltage, current, frequency, and power factor.
The exact PM5560 is not the MID/MIR revenue-locked PM5561. Buyers who require a legally controlled billing or settlement meter must confirm the applicable commercial reference, certification, CT chain, local rules, and commissioning process rather than relying on the PM5560's metering class alone.
Solar import and export monitoring
The meter separately accumulates delivered and received active, reactive, and apparent energy, along with net and absolute totals. In a correctly oriented installation, that supports grid import/export measurement for solar, storage, generators, and bidirectional site flows.
This is monitoring and data acquisition, not inverter export limiting by itself. Any closed-loop control requires a compatible controller, automation platform, or energy-management system and a validated control design.
Communication and local access
The PM5560 can operate without a Schneider cloud service. Local access includes the front display, onboard webpages, local data logs, Modbus TCP over Ethernet, Modbus RTU/ASCII over RS-485, and building/industrial protocols such as BACnet/IP and EtherNet/IP. Firmware version affects some services, including secure web and log-export features, so firmware should be checked during commissioning.
Home Assistant can read it through Home Assistant's generic Modbus integration when the meter is reachable over Modbus TCP or through suitable RS-485 hardware. Register addresses, data types, byte order, scaling, and entities must be mapped manually. This is conditional protocol compatibility, not a native Schneider PM5560 integration.
Best-fit scenarios
- Tenant, department, process, or equipment submetering
- Power-quality visibility where harmonics and unbalance matter
- Local building-management or industrial data collection
- Solar and storage projects needing high-quality import/export measurements
- Sites that prefer local protocols and onboard logging over a mandatory cloud
Advantages and limitations
The strongest points are measurement quality, broad electrical-system support, multiple local protocols, onboard logging, and a mature commercial/industrial product ecosystem. The main tradeoffs are professional installation, separate CT procurement and engineering, a more complex commissioning path than consumer app-based monitors, and the absence of a native plug-and-play Home Assistant integration.
Buying and source notes
Order by the exact commercial reference METSEPM5560. Confirm the CT secondary and primary ratio, number of CTs, voltage-transformer requirements, enclosure cutout, auxiliary supply, firmware, protocol needs, certification, regional stock, and commissioning responsibility before purchase. PM5561, PM5562, PM5563, PM5580, and PM5650 are related but materially different variants.